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Landhaus Averbeck was first mentioned in a document in 1357 as Hofstelle Hassel No. 3. The farm has been in the family since the beginning of the 16th century and has been passed down from generation to generation ever since. The name "Garnhof" (Goarnhoff), which is still used today by old residents, is based on the former family name "Gade", which became "Hornbostel" through marriage in the 17th century and only became "Averbeck" in 1933. It was Gustav Averbeck, Hans-Heinrich's father, who married Gertrud Hornbostel at that time. Today, the entire farm, including all fields, meadows and forests, covers 189 hectares. Over the course of time, the management of the farm has always been adapted to the most diverse conditions and circumstances. On the typical heath farm with, on the one hand, sandy and low-yielding soils and, on the other hand, a lowland moor around the Örze valley, people used to grow frugal plants such as buckwheat and bog oats; they kept dairy cattle, pigs, heath sheep and goats. The heath areas were created by the large-scale clearing of forests for salt production. Wood was so valuable that peat from the moor was still "baked" here until about 1940 and used for heating in winter. Heidplacken, which was laboriously cut and brought to the stables as litter (hence "Packerei"), was the only fertiliser for the fields, together with animal dung. Other economic "mainstays" were the fish ponds for carp breeding in the humid Örze valley and, from about 1850 until the 1920s, the brickworks. The fired bricks were transported from the "Lehmkuhle" to the B3 on trolleys, but they were also used to build the barn, the bakehouse (ca. 1850, today's Landlümmels restaurant and play barn) and the main house (1909). In the bakehouse or "Häuslingshaus" there were rooms for the average five to six farmhands, maids and other employees of the farm, in addition to a large baking oven; one room in it was temporarily available to wandering homeless people, as was customary and prescribed at the time. The invention of artificial fertiliser at the beginning of the 20th century was of great importance: higher-yielding fields and meadows meant more food for animals and thus the possibility of keeping more animals. The hardship during the world wars and afterwards required the cultivation of "satiators" such as potatoes, bread grain, fodder and turnips or pumpkins and other useful crops such as flax (linseed for linseed oil) and hemp (hemp fibre).

Italy, Berlin, London - and finally Hassel: Frauke and Ross can draw on a wealth of experience gained in renowned hotels in Europe. After the two met in Berlin and then lived in England for some time, they decided together to go to Hassel. The idea was born to turn their parents' farm into a family hotel surrounded by beautiful nature. Frauke first worked at the Hotel Fürstenhof in Celle as a receptionist. Hans-Heinrich and Ross set about gradually converting the empty cowshed: Where feed for the cows used to be stored in the hayloft, rooms 9 to 14 are now located.

In 1995 Jacob was "on the road", Ross took over Frauke's job in Celle. Along the way, they ran the farm together with Hans-Heinrich and Maria and expanded the asparagus cultivation to 3 hectares. The asparagus harvesters lived on the farm, partly in the hunting lodge, and were fed by the family. In 1997 Charlotte was born, and one year later Frauke and Ross officially took over the farm. Antonia was born in 2002. In 2005 they gave up growing asparagus, which was becoming less and less profitable due to the increasing oversupply. At the end of the same year, Frauke and Ross opened the "Landlümmels" play barn at Landhaus Averbeck in Bergen instead, which quickly became a popular destination for many families with young children in the region and, of course, also offered real added value for overnight guests.

To make family holidays in Germany even more attractive for our guests, we opened our heated outdoor pool at the farm garden in summer 2021. Also this year we started our own vegetable garden "Farming at Averbeck" and already doubled this area in the following year. As in the years before, a different colour picture was given due to the pandemic. Since 2015, we have been able to accept this honourable award every year. In 2022 we have implemented a refresh of our corporate design.